cannon fodder
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈkæn.ən ˌfɒd.ər]
- 美式音标 [ˈkæn.ən ˌfɑː.dɚ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 炮灰
英汉例句
- Its people are cannon fodder in wars with bordering states.
它的人民充当了同邻国交战时的炮灰。 - Who drill you-diet you-treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder.
他们强迫你们去操练,限制你们地伙食&把你们当牲口看待,把你们推上疆场充任炮灰。 - The team had no intention of being cannon fodder when they played the champions, and were determined to win.
这支队伍参赛时无意充当炮灰,他们志在必得。 - The young are driven by sentiment, while cynical and power-hungry interests use them for cannon fodder.
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双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- serve as cannon fodder 充当炮灰
- Professional cannon fodder 职业炮灰
- Cannon Fodder 3 炮灰
- Be Cannon Fodder 当枪使
- serve as cannon fodder detail 充当炮灰
短语
英英字典
- If you describe soldiers as cannon fodder, you mean that they are not considered important by their officers and are sent into war without their leaders worrying if they die.
- If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder, they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work.